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- Room Equipment
- Google Video Chat
- BlueJeans.com "cloud bridge"
Room Equipment
Standard H.323 dedicated room systems.
The Lab standard for Room Equipment is Lifesize (there are several different models to choose from). Point to Point and multi-point video conferences can connect rooms together, as long as the destination site is Lifesize or something that it can connect to.
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It is important to note that everything recorded or streamed is publicly available (we may implement changes to this model at some point, however)
Mac Mini based portable units
As part of an FY13 lab sponsored project,, a mac mini based system was deployed to over 25 locations at the lab. Clients for Skype, Fuze (see description below), jabber, and other common tools are packaged and managed centrally. The web page that the system displays upon boot has information on the software options, current and future locations, and general guidance on using the system. Please see go.lbl.gov/vc for additional information.
Google Video Chat
One-to One video chat is available through the Gmail web interface (gmail.lbl.gov). If you and your contact both have camera's and both have Google accounts (not necessarily LBL google accounts), this option will work well. It is similar to Skype which is also frequently used.
Note: If you decide to initiate a chat (or Video Chat) with someone, they will have to accept the invitation first.
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FUZE cloud service
A third option which combines the prior two is a new service that is being tested - bluejeans.com. This can be viewed as a video bridge in the cloud - a service that can connect different technologies and platforms together into one conference. It does require an account (which the IT Help Desk can provide) to initiate a meeting (similar to the Readytalk service that is offered). Participants can include non lab employees.
LBL has a site license agreement that provides FUZE, a desktop/mobile device video conference service to LBL. The Fuze client is packaged as part of our mac mini cart offering and the instructions apply to anyone who might want to use the product. For more information, go here.
Go here for instructions on using BlueJeans, once you have an account or are asked to participate in a meeting scheduled by someone else.
Go here for the IT service description for video conferencing options
